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Wheelchair basketball

Basketball played by people in wheelchairs

—country of origin
—first recorded
—not on the Olympic programme
—disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Wheelchair basketball is a team sport and ball game, part of basketball. The sport is governed internationally by International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.

Part ofBasketball
PractitionersWheelchair basketball player
Governing bodyInternational Wheelchair Basketball Federation
Image: Parutakupiu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wheelchair basketball
Image: Isiwal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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GamesEditionsFirstLatestYears
Summer Paralympic Games7198820241988, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021, 2024